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[BUG] Incorrectly selects the audio stream (HW)

Hi. Android 6.0.1. Samsung Tab Pro 8.4. Mx player 1.8.x
In the video, two audio tracks (Russian-English). Launch the video plays the English track, but shows that the Russian track is selected. It helps switching to English and back to Russian. If you minimize and deploy an application, the audio track again slips into English. Please help, this is very annoying.
screen record - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B35Mew37y2a_UE9HMXNJVVZCUnc/view?usp=sharing
Logs - View attachment report_2016-02-23_185728.zip
Sorry for my English)

Hello,
Similar problem here, only happens while using the HW audio decoder. In my case, the phone keeps changing the audio stream to "Disable", instead of "Audio track #1".
Choosing the SW audio decoder fixes the issue.
Android 4.2.1, bq Aquaris 5.7, Mx Player Pro 1.7.40 (ARMv7 NEON)
Best regards.

Any news from the developer?

In Cm13 build 24.05 fix a bug)

Alexey71 said:
In Cm13 build 24.05 fix a bug)
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If it's fixed after updating the cm probably it's a bug from ROM. HW decoder uses android mediaplayer class to play the video. Even though MX Player has some control on it, it's very limited. If HW+ is working on your device, you could use it. In most of the condition it will work better than HW.
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ktsamy said:
If it's fixed after updating the cm probably it's a bug from ROM. HW decoder uses android mediaplayer class to play the video. Even though MX Player has some control on it, it's very limited. If HW+ is working on your device, you could use it. In most of the condition it will work better than HW.
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HW+ does not work on all videos. Waiting for a new version with an alternative support for HW+ ...

Again, does not work

Alexey71 said:
Again, does not work
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Hopefully it's only on HW decoder.
Does it reproducible in SW decoder (if HW+ not available)..?
Can try again after disabling HW audio track selectable from settings > Decoder..?
It will be better if you can provide a small sample clip. I will test myself.
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ktsamy said:
Hopefully it's only on HW decoder.
Does it reproducible in SW decoder (if HW+ not available)..?
Can try again after disabling HW audio track selectable from settings > Decoder..?
It will be better if you can provide a small sample clip. I will test myself.
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HW+ video and HW audio fine. But not all play video witch HW+
HW video and HW audio. It is not always correctly playing audio track
HW video and SW audio. Fine
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B35Mew37y2a_bUdLVHlpcEdQSG8
Audio track #1 - Russian

Alexey71 said:
HW+ video and HW audio fine. But not all play video witch HW+
HW video and HW audio. It is not always correctly playing audio track
HW video and SW audio. Fine
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B35Mew37y2a_bUdLVHlpcEdQSG8
Audio track #1 - Russian
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Can you share a small sample clip..?
Kindly provide a way to reproduce the issue.
It might be an issue with HW decoder. It just uses Android's native api. MX Player has limited control on HW.
Did you try again after disabling "HW audio track selectable". If it's an issue with Native audio track selection, disabling it may fix the issue.
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ktsamy said:
Can you share a small sample clip..?
Kindly provide a way to reproduce the issue.
It might be an issue with HW decoder. It just uses Android's native api. MX Player has limited control on HW.
Did you try again after disabling "HW audio track selectable". If it's an issue with Native audio track selection, disabling it may fix the issue.
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Logs http://pastebin.com/qGL2CD2q
Recorded video bug https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B35Mew37y2a_LW8yRWpYSzBnWFk
sample download here https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B35Mew37y2a_bUdLVHlpcEdQSG8 Play sample: HW audio decoder - HW video decoder. When playing is Audio track # 1 - Russian. But the sound is the second track English
Briefly helps switching tracks on Audio track # 1 - English and back Audio track # 1 - Russian. After folding-unfolding or restart the program, again not correctly identifies the track
VLC - BS Player fine

Alexey71 said:
Logs http://pastebin.com/qGL2CD2q
Recorded video bug https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B35Mew37y2a_LW8yRWpYSzBnWFk
sample download here https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B35Mew37y2a_bUdLVHlpcEdQSG8 Play sample: HW audio decoder - HW video decoder. When playing is Audio track # 1 - Russian. But the sound is the second track English
Briefly helps switching tracks on Audio track # 1 - English and back Audio track # 1 - Russian. After folding-unfolding or restart the program, again not correctly identifies the track
VLC - BS Player fine
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It seems to be an device specific issue. it might be an issue with your hw decoder which is basically system decoder. When the "HW audio track selectable" is enabled, In my device it shows as English Track is selected & it plays the same.
When it's disabled the MX Bug comes into picture. It doesn't pick any track since both are ac3. But, if I select any track it can still play since custom codec is already loaded. Anyway it can be fixed by enabling "SW Audio" manually in Settings.
I will forward the informations to the MX Player developer.
FYI,
BS & VLC are using their hardware acceleration engines by default instead of mediaplayer based one. So, it will be like HW+ in MX. That's why the issue doesn't appear there.
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Mx player 1.8.5 not fix bug((

Alexey71 said:
Mx player 1.8.5 not fix bug((
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In my devices everything is fine on HW. it always selects the right track.
It's broken on your system (ROM). MX Player's control over HW decoder is very basic since it just uses mediaplayer API provided in Android.
Just use HW decoder with SW audio till MX Player gets new HW+. It's the only way to handle.
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[Resolved] HTC One M8 HW decoder stops after 2 Secs

Since the AppUpdate to 1.8.6 and the 1.8.6 Codec, the App stopps playback of videos after 2 seconds when using HW decoding, which previously worked.
Any Idea?

Forsaked said:
Since the AppUpdate to 1.8.6 and the 1.8.6 Codec, the App stopps playback of videos after 2 seconds when using HW decoding, which previously worked.
Any Idea?
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I can't reproduce it. I have 4 devices with 1.8.6 & custom codec. Everything works here.
If you are using any patches, it may be the reason.

ktsamy said:
I can't reproduce it. I have 4 devices with 1.8.6 & custom codec. Everything works here.
If you are using any patches, it may be the reason.
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Patches?

Forsaked said:
Patches?
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Usually Patching MX Player to remove ads or to bypass license validation of Pro version it may lead to the similar issue. MX Player will close just after few secs of playback.

ktsamy said:
Usually Patching MX Player to remove ads or to bypass license validation of Pro version it may lead to the similar issue. MX Player will close just after few secs of playback.
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I buyed every App i have on my phone, if it is not a free app, im using Xprivacy to stop some apps to talk home etc.
Just saved the settings of MX and trying with cleared settings now.
Edit: Even with cleared settings (over the app and app settings) and with and without codec pack, it skips the playback after 2 seconds with hardware decoding.
Clearing Xprivacy settings now and try again.
Edit2: It keeps skipping/stopping, i downgrade now to an older version, thanks for your help!

Forsaked said:
I buyed every App i have on my phone, if it is not a free app, im using Xprivacy to stop some apps to talk home etc.
Just saved the settings of MX and trying with cleared settings now.
Edit: Even with cleared settings (over the app and app settings) and with and without codec pack, it skips the playback after 2 seconds with hardware decoding.
Clearing Xprivacy settings now and try again.
Edit2: It keeps skipping/stopping, i downgrade now to an older version, thanks for your help!
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What happens with HW+ & SW...?
Which device...?
Have updated your device recently...?
Actually HW decoder is just wrapper of android's mediaplayer API. MX Player have only very few controls over it. If the issue is only with HW decoder it might be system issue.
If the issue persists, just collect the bugreport from help menu immediately after reproducing the issue. Share here. I will check it. If it can't be resolved I will intimate the developer as well.

ktsamy said:
What happens with HW+ & SW...?
Which device...?
Have updated your device recently...?
Actually HW decoder is just wrapper of android's mediaplayer API. MX Player have only very few controls over it. If the issue is only with HW decoder it might be system issue.
If the issue persists, just collect the bugreport from help menu immediately after reproducing the issue. Share here. I will check it. If it can't be resolved I will intimate the developer as well.
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1. HW+ is missing since the update, SW works. (Setting up to use only SW for decoding has no effect, i must change decode mode while playback the video)
2. HTC M8
3. no system update since month, MX Pro got updated via PlayStore

Can you try that video in stock video player or gallery. It should close the same way as mx closes.
I have faced similar situations in one of my device particularly with a video. Basically it's a system bug. It will start the video at the last frame & close. Only first frame will be shown to the user.
Anyway AFAIK, new HW+ is in testing phase. If everything goes as expected, Soon there will be an update (may be within a week..??) which will enable HW+ on HTC devices & devices running with Nougat.
Edit: @Forsaked
Can you try this..?
Just start the video in SW
Just wait for a minute or seek it.
Now switch back to HW

ktsamy said:
Can you try that video in stock video player or gallery. It should close the same way as mx closes.
I have faced similar situations in one of my device particularly with a video. Basically it's a system bug. It will start the video at the last frame & close. Only first frame will be shown to the user.
Anyway AFAIK, new HW+ is in testing phase. If everything goes as expected, Soon there will be an update (may be within a week..??) which will enable HW+ on HTC devices & devices running with Nougat.
Edit: @Forsaked
Can you try this..?
Just start the video in SW
Just wait for a minute or seek it.
Now switch back to HW
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I have got the same effect with all players now (Stock, MX, ES File Explorer), as you predicted.
Which just worked before updating to 1.8.6, which is a bit confusing.
Waiting or seeking in SW mode and switching back, will also close the video 2 seconds after switching back to HW.
Edit: Clearing cache in recovery now, as mentiont as fix for playback problems with HTC.
Edit2: Clearing cache (also ART/Dalvik) didn't helped!

[BUG] Alternate HW+ Decoder problem

when using the new alternate HW+ decoder no video shows embedded subtitles......... the old hw+ decoder plays the files perfectly with subs but this new one doesn't show subtitles whatsoever........

caspianprince said:
when using the new alternate HW+ decoder no video shows embedded subtitles......... the old hw+ decoder plays the files perfectly with subs but this new one doesn't show subtitles whatsoever........
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Can collect the bug report & share here.
FYI, now if you disable the subtitle on one video it will be disabled on further playbacks. You have to manually select the subtitle again. Once you select the subtitle it will be enabled everytime till you disable it again.
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ktsamy said:
Can collect the bug report & share here.
FYI, now if you disable the subtitle on one video it will be disabled on further playbacks. You have to manually select the subtitle again. Once you select the subtitle it will be enabled everytime till you disable it again.
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i know that and my subtitle is enabled....it's just that whenever i am using newer hw+ the subtitle doesn't show and whenever i am using older hw+ OR HW OR SW subtitle shows....... u don't have that problem???

caspianprince said:
i know that and my subtitle is enabled....it's just that whenever i am using newer hw+ the subtitle doesn't show and whenever i am using older hw+ OR HW OR SW subtitle shows....... u don't have that problem???
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No, I can't reproduce. Can you provide a sample clip?
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here is the log......... first i played the video with alternate hw+ and the subtitle didn't show..next i played it with older hw+ and subtitle showed........ then took the report

I cannot remember what video it was, but it was an mkv, when playing a video the subtitles would show even though they were disabled, then if i enabled subtitles i would have two identical sets of subtitles, though one set was a few pixels apart from the other.
John.

caspianprince said:
here is the log......... first i played the video with alternate hw+ and the subtitle didn't show..next i played it with older hw+ and subtitle showed........ then took the report
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Subtitle rendering & Media Playback both are individual functions. It less likely to conflict.
Just downloaded the original video & tested myself. After test & trails I have found that "Improve SSA rendering" option in Settings > Subtitle > Text is somehow affects when using new HW+ decoder for video decoding. Report passed to the developer. Just disable it as a temporary solution till the developer fixes the issue.
Edit: Update from developer
@caspianprince
It's internally fixed & next update will fix the issue with SSA subtitle rendering issue when used with new HW+.

ktsamy said:
Subtitle rendering & Media Playback both are individual functions. It less likely to conflict.
Just downloaded the original video & tested myself. After test & trails I have found that "Improve SSA rendering" option in Settings > Subtitle > Text is somehow affects when using new HW+ decoder for video decoding. Report passed to the developer. Just disable it as a temporary solution till the developer fixes the issue.
Edit: Update from developer
@caspianprince
It's internally fixed & next update will fix the issue with SSA subtitle rendering issue when used with new HW+.
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Thank you man!

caspianprince said:
Thank you man!
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@caspianprince Would you try latest beta version? I think this issue is fixed.
https://sites.google.com/site/mxvpen/translation/test-build

bleu8888 said:
@caspianprince Would you try latest beta version? I think this issue is fixed.
https://sites.google.com/site/mxvpen/translation/test-build
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Just tried it..... the problem is fixed...... nice work!! Thanks

Corruption in small to medium parts of the video is a reason i dont use HW+ i would rather use HW with lower volume.
John.

Tinderbox (UK) said:
Corruption in small to medium parts of the video is a reason i dont use HW+ i would rather use HW with lower volume.
John.
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Are you still encountering the issue even after updating to 1.9.3?
Instead of generic statements, Kindly report it along with sample video and bug report. It will be helpful to get the issues fixed.
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I am on the latest on Google Play, MX Player Pro 1.7.40 I am on kitkat v4.4.4 for the Rockchip RK3229
John.
ktsamy said:
Are you still encountering the issue even after updating to 1.9.3?
Instead of generic statements, Kindly report it along with sample video and bug report. It will be helpful to get the issues fixed.
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Tinderbox (UK) said:
I am on the latest on Google Play, MX Player Pro 1.7.40 I am on kitkat v4.4.4 for the Rockchip RK3229
John.
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New HW+ is available only to the devices with android 5.0+. Old HW+ method may not be compatible with old devices especially when the android media framework is modified by the OEM or by Rom developer in case of custom rom.
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So if you are on v4 kitkat or under MX Player is not interested in fixing bug`s most Android users are running kitkat 27.7% as of 2016
John.

Tinderbox (UK) said:
So if you are on v4 kitkat or under MX Player is not interested in fixing bug`s most Android users are running kitkat 27.7% as of 2016
John.
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It's not a bug. Android 5.0+ provides a official API to use system decoders in native programming language. When a particular encoding profile is not supported you may still have issues in new HW+ as well.
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This is on my MiniMXQ TV Box Android v4.4.4 - 1GB/8GB - Rockchip RK3229 SOC
MX Player Pro V1.7.40
Video file "Hagure Yuusha no Aesthetica - 01 10bit H.264 AAC.mp4"
HW+ - Normal video speed and sound, but image has intermittent break-up from small to large areas.
HW - Frozen perfect image, if you select another point in the video, you get 1/2 second of playback and then a freeze, perfect image
SW - video and sound quality great, but video is very jerky
Thanks for the help
John.

Tinderbox (UK) said:
This is on my MiniMXQ TV Box Android v4.4.4 - 1GB/8GB - Rockchip RK3229 SOC
MX Player Pro V1.7.40
Video file "Hagure Yuusha no Aesthetica - 01 10bit H.264 AAC.mp4"
HW+ - Normal video speed and sound, but image has intermittent break-up from small to large areas.
HW - Frozen perfect image, if you select another point in the video, you get 1/2 second of playback and then a freeze, perfect image
SW - video and sound quality great, but video is very jerky
Thanks for the help
John.
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It looks like a system decoder issue. If it's supported it suppose to be playable in HW decoder. When you have tried HW decoder, it hows thrown a unknown error. Does any other player works? I think that particular video will have issues with every player?
Can you try MX Player Pro 1.8.9 beta 2 & share the bug report again?
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I am on kitkat v4.4.4
MX Player Pro 1.8.9 beta 2 needs android v5.1 or above as far as i know.
https://sites.google.com/site/mxvpen/download
John.
ktsamy said:
It looks like a system decoder issue. If it's supported it suppose to be playable in HW decoder. When you have tried HW decoder, it hows thrown a unknown error. Does any other player works? I think that particular video will have issues with every player?
Can you try MX Player Pro 1.8.9 beta 2 & share the bug report again?
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Tinderbox (UK) said:
I am on kitkat v4.4.4
MX Player Pro 1.8.9 beta 2 needs android v5.1 or above as far as i know.
https://sites.google.com/site/mxvpen/download
John.
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Beta versions will work on Android 4.0 & above.
You can download the latest nightly version from the official beta webpage ( https://sites.google.com/site/mxvpen/translation/test-build )

[1.9.0] ssa subtitles don't show

HI, I recently update to 1.9.0 mx player version but in this new update I can use ssa subtitles, the font cache charge but don't show any subtitle. Srt subtitles works.
Sorry for my bad English ?

enigmedark said:
HI, I recently update to 1.9.0 mx player version but in this new update I can use ssa subtitles, the font cache charge but don't show any subtitle. Srt subtitles works.
Sorry for my bad English
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can you just enable and disable the subtitle track again?

I do but doesn´t work. This problem happen on a Lenovo K6 (Marshmallow 6.0.1) and Xperia Tablet Z (LineagenOS Nougat 7.1.2)

enigmedark said:
I do but doesn´t work. This problem happen on a Lenovo K6 (Marshmallow 6.0.1) and Xperia Tablet Z (LineagenOS Nougat 7.1.2)
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Can you collect a bug report immediately after playing the file?
it will be better if you provide a sample file or link to the video video file.

I find a solution, but it's a little weird I think. I did a complete reinstall and I used the custom codec for dts audio (when I did this before, the codec wasn't available yet). If i disabled the codec the subtitles dont show again. For me there are no problem because i use the custom codec.
Thanks for your help. I apologize for my English again.

enigmedark said:
I find a solution, but it's a little weird I think. I did a complete reinstall and I used the custom codec for dts audio (when I did this before, the codec wasn't available yet). If i disabled the codec the subtitles dont show again. For me there are no problem because i use the custom codec.
Thanks for your help. I apologize for my English again.
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Custom codecs will not impact SSA subtitle rendering. SSA is rendered by MX Player's native library. Not by ffmpeg library. Custom codec is juat a customised ffmpeg library. Probably font cache might have corrupted.
1. Unload Custom Codec
2. From Settings > General & Clear the font cache
3. Clear the history
4. Open the file. When font caching occurs, don't let the screen to turn off. It may lead to corruption sometime.
5. Check whether the subtitle is disaplayed are not.

No video output on Xiaomi mix 2s

I have Mx player pro. Just got a new phone (Xiaomi mix 2s) and I don't get video output (just audio and a black screen).
I reinstalled the app, tried sw / hw / hw+ decoder, no difference.
On the Xiaomi forum other users have no issues.
Any suggestions?
Thanks

diodorus said:
I have Mx player pro. Just got a new phone (Xiaomi mix 2s) and I don't get video output (just audio and a black screen).
I reinstalled the app, tried sw / hw / hw+ decoder, no difference.
On the Xiaomi forum other users have no issues.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
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Ignore... Video output was disabled (by default?!) in the app.
Solved!

diodorus said:
I have Mx player pro. Just got a new phone (Xiaomi mix 2s) and I don't get video output (just audio and a black screen).
I reinstalled the app, tried sw / hw / hw+ decoder, no difference.
On the Xiaomi forum other users have no issues.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
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On the playback screen, Open Menu » Display & Enable Video. You might have turned off the Video Output accidentally.